Mumbai April 29 (IANS) Jet Airways pilots union has deferred its decision of not operating flights with foreign pilots from May 1 sources said on Saturday.
Earlier in the month the National Aviator s Guild (NAG) had demanded that the airline remove all foreign pilots after an incident in which foreign pilots allegedly assaulted a designated examiner during a training session in Bengaluru.
The pilots union had asked its members not to operate flights with foreign pilots from May 1 2017.
According to sources NAG s office bearers will meet the company s management over the issue next week.
The airline currently employs around 60 foreign pilots. The union has more than 1 000 members of Indian nationality.
--IANS
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